Recruiting Insider: December 23, 2007 - December 29, 2007

Didn't get to this over the weekend because of the holidays, but I'd expect Maryland to get a big boost in its local recruiting efforts from the hiring of offensive coordinator James Franklin. Many of the area's high school coaches remember how Mike Locksley and then Franklin worked locally for...

Everyone celebrates their holidays differently. Suspended Eleanor Roosevelt coach Rick Houchens wished me a merry ho-ho-ho yesterday and called to say that defensive back Okechukwu Okoroha had committed yesterday morning to play for Boston College. Houchens said that Okoroha also had taken visits to Virginia and Illinois but opted for...